South African golfer Branden Grace won the Qatar Masters in Doha on Saturday to become the first player to win multiple events in the 2015 Race to Dubai.
Grace finished one shot clear of Scotland's Marc Warren (67) and two ahead of Austrian Bernd Wiesberger (68), as he finished the tournament on 19-under with his bogey-free, six-under-par 66.
Tied at 18-under-par as they approached the 18th tee, Grace held his nerve with a birdie while Warren could only salvage par after his wayward tee-shot failed to find the fairway, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Grace said that it was a great day, a great week, and it's another trophy to put in the cupboard, adding that the form has been there, and insisted that he played great and managed to get in on top.
Grace, who claimed his sixth career title and second in four starts this season, followed up a first-hole birdie with 10 successive pars before going five-under through the final seven holes. He carded a superb eagle on the 16th after a crushing tee-shot following birdies on 12th and 14th.
A second eagle nearly followed on the 18th but Grace's sublime pitch shot tricked agonisingly wide. He holed the three-foot putt for birdie while Warren failed with his 20-foot effort to force a playoff.
World number two Henrik Stenson finished on 10-under-par while defending champion Sergio Garcia was well off the pace a further six shots adrift on four-under.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai, which is the European Tour's season-long competition spanning 47 tournaments, in 2014, the report added.
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